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astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

  • Calculators
  • Contact me
  • Equipment List at Lichfield Radio Observatory
  • Grafana Dashboard Cosmic Watch Detectors
  • History and description of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Links to other SID monitoring sites
  • Live data from UKRAA Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitor at LRO (SIDs)
  • Live feed from SuperSID monitor
  • Live feed from UKRAA CosmicWatch Muon Detectors
  • Live feed from UKRAA Magnetometer
  • Live feed from UKRAA PicoMuon Muon Detector
  • Live feeds at Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Live Radio meteor observations and meteor counts
  • Live stream from 1420MHz hydrogen-line 86cm Ptarmigan Triffid Dipole Array
  • Privacy Policy
  • Publications & Presentations
  • SHOOS - SARA Hydrogen-Observing Overall Survey
SDRplay RSPduo Software-Defined Radio (SDR)
October 23, 2025 Admin

Data files from LRO-H2 created using draft SDRplay GNU Radio Software and SDRplay RSPduo SDR 21-23/10/2025

Unfortunately, these do not seem to be able to be processed in ezRA. GRC file used for data collection below

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GNU Radio
October 20, 2025 Admin

Protected: New Beta GNU Radio script to generate ezRA .txt data files that can be processed in ezRA

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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October 20, 2025 Admin

Two-core plastic-coated cable (e.g., speaker twin, figure-8) works fine for a VLF loop wound on a wooden cross

Two-core plastic-coated cable (e.g., speaker twin, figure-8) works fine for a VLF loop wound on a wooden cross. Here’s how

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October 20, 2025 Admin

Two-core plastic-coated cable (e.g., speaker twin, figure-8) works fine for a VLF loop wound on a wooden cross.

Short answer: yes—two-core plastic-coated cable (e.g., speaker twin, figure-8) works fine for a VLF loop wound on a wooden cross.

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 19, 2025 Admin

How to change an username on Linux Ubuntu

To change a username in Ubuntu cleanly and safely, follow these steps from a different admin account (not the one you’re

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October 19, 2025 Admin

Extreme difficulty detecting Jupiter or Saturn at 10 GHz.

From SARA meeting 19/10/2025: Eduard Mol: Just found Joachim Köppens planet observations at 10 GHz, I believe he used a

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 19, 2025 Admin

Controlling Skywatcher mounts on Linux

Hi Andrew — good to see your interest in Linux astro-control setups (especially given your radio astronomy background!). For a

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October 19, 2025 Admin

Compare specifications of SDRplay RSP1, RSP2, RSPDuo, HackRF, PlutoSDR, and USRP B210 USB Software-Defined Radios.

Compare RSP1 RSP2 RSPDuo HackRF PlutoSDR USRP. Here’s a practical, spec-level compare of the popular SDRs you named, with notes

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SDRplay RSPduo Software-Defined Radio (SDR)
October 19, 2025 Admin

Test data from LRO-H2, using GNU Radio and RSPduo 16/10/2025

https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DSES251016_10.txt Not worked! This first attempt to generate GNU Radio Companion GRC script with SDRplay RSPduo SDR which creates data

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October 19, 2025 Admin

Is it beneficial to increase the physical size or number of turns of wire on the cross of the antenna used in a VLF SID Monitoring system?

Generally, the bigger the better within practical limits. Consider its orientation  (N-S or E-W), where it will be located, will

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